Is anyone else other than me having trouble reading threads where episodes are refered to by acronym only?

Some I get - TEH is unambiguous, but VotD isn't helpful, but as you go further back in time, PotW, TLE, 42 (OK, maybe not that one), AoL, they become more difficult to decypher.

It means I have to re-read the thread a half dozen times to work out what's being said. Yes, I could have a list of acronyms beside the monitor, but isn't that a bit silly?

PLEASE can we have at least an abbreviated version of titles when discussing episodes in threads?

Please don't tell me what to do thanks.

Yeah, it would be better that way.

Well we're not all experts on acronyms! I have a hard time decifering it too. I get it if you're talking about one specific episode, like in the episode threads for instance, but when people talk about old episodes (like series 1,2,3) then it gets confusing.

We're not all Dr Who boffins

I completely agree.

It does get confusing when someone starts talking about Peter Davison's B.O. or Patrick Troughton's WiS.

and then people call Tom Baker's The S.o.D. when they mean Patrick Troughton's The S.o.D., and you can get banned for that.

He didn't. He asked. There's a difference.

What is IRCC?

Harsh!

Yep, it frustrates me too.

If I recall correctly, it's 'If I recall correctly'.

I got confused when I opened this thread because acronyms are abbreviations that in themselves form a word. So I thought you were discussing things like MYTH, and what, if it were an abbreviation, those initials might stand for.

But I agree it would be helpful to know what all the abbreviations for episode titles are.

Would this be useful?
Please note that I have, for my own purposes of clarity expanded the two instances of duplicated abbreviations slightly.


Abbrv Title
42 "42"
AC "Amy's Choice"
AOG "Army of Ghosts"
AOL "Aliens of London"
Blink "Blink"
BT "Boom Town"
BW "Bad Wolf"
CB "Cold Blood"
CIN "Doctor Who: Children in Need" (Barcelona
Dalek "Dalek"
DIM "Daleks in Manhattan"
Doomsday "Doomsday"
EOTD "Evolution of the Daleks"
F&S "Flesh and Stone"
FD "Father's Day"
FH "Fear Her"
FOB "The Family of Blood"
FOTD "Forest of the Dead"
Gridlock "Gridlock"
HN "Human Nature"
JE "Journey's End"
L&M "Love & Monsters"
LOTTL "Last of the Time Lords"
Midnight "Midnight"
NE "New Earth"
PIC "Partners in Crime"
POTD "Planet of the Dead"
POTO "Planet of the Ood"
POTW "The Parting of the Ways
Rose Rose"
ROTC "Rise of the Cybermen"
S&J "Smith and Jones"
SITL "Silence in the Library"
SR "School Reunion"
TAC "Tooth and Claw"
TAOS "The Age of Steel"
TBB "The Beast Below"
TC "Time Crash"
TCI "The Christmas Invasion"
TDDAN "The Doctor Dances"
TDDAU "The Doctor's Daughter"
TEC "The Empty Child"
TEH "The Eleventh Hour"
TEOT 1 The End of Time Part 1
TEOT 2 The End of Time Part 2
TEOTW "The End of the World"
TFOP "The Fires of Pompeii"
TGITF "The Girl in the Fireplace"
THE "The Hungry Earth"
TIL "The Idiot's Lantern"
TIP "The Impossible Planet"
TL "Turn Left"
TLE "The Lazarus Experiment"
TLG "The Long Game"
TND "The Next Doctor"
TPS "The Poison Sky"
TRB "The Runaway Bride"
TSC "The Shakespeare Code"
TSE "The Stolen Earth"
TSOD "The Sound of Drums"
TSP "The Satan Pit"
TSS "The Sontaran Stratagem"
TTOA "The Time of Angels"
TUD "The Unquiet Dead"
TUOTW "The Unicorn and the Wasp"
TVOV "The Vampires of Venice"
TWOM "The Waters of Mars"
Utopia "Utopia"
VATD "Vincent and the Doctor"
VIOTD "Victory of the Daleks"
VOTD "Voyage of the Damned"
WW3 "World War Three"

I think it's an excellent idea, an accronym dictionary. or is that an "AD"

in fact I will start - for example new series one episode 1 rose WILL be

ns1,ep1,R

EDIT - darn it, the chap above posted before me with a much better list for the new episodes, but what about the old episodes?

*bookmarks page*

That's going to come in VERY handy!

Cheers Webby

Feel free to add to the list

But seriously, I thought most people when referring to classic Who used the full titles.

And I'll update when the remaining titles are known.

Why do people use the full titles when referring to classic and abbreviations when referring to the newer stuff?

Wow you did that in alphabetical order as well!!!

Not too sure Tony, but it may be that there are more people on the board who are familiar with the newer stuff than the old? Personally I think the full titles should be used consistently, as it both eliminates any confusion and accords the story a bit more "dignity" (which I am probably misusing in this context )

Can you imagine the BBC saying:

And next - Shakespeare's TTOTS?

Excel data sort is your friend

Tho it did autocorrect TEH to THE

Ooo cheers!


Is that like Muppet Babies?

Thinking about it, it could cause confusion with the Dalek stories, anyway. Which one would ROTD refer to?

My sentiments exactly For me, the classics get full title status

glad i'm not the only one always thinking of shakespears ttots

Ah, it's an elitist thing! With you all the way in that case-VOTD and VOTD can languish in misery trying to work out their identity issues while Resurrection, Revelation and Remembrance of the Daleks bask in the glory of their full titles!